154H   Making, using and interfering with unique identifiers

(1)  A person who:

(a)  dishonestly interferes with, or copies, a unique identifier, or

(b)  possesses a motor vehicle or vessel, or a part of a motor vehicle or vessel, with the intention of dishonestly interfering with, or copying, a unique identifier, or

(c)  dishonestly makes a unique identifier, or a purported unique identifier, or

(d)  knowingly induces another person to accept any information attached to a motor vehicle, vessel or a part of a motor vehicle or vessel as a genuine unique identifier for the motor vehicle, vessel or part, when the information is not in fact a genuine unique identifier for that motor vehicle, vessel or part,

      is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 7 years.

(2)  For the purposes of this section, information is attached to a motor vehicle, vessel or a part of a motor vehicle or vessel if it is:

(a)  marked on or attached to the motor vehicle, vessel or part, or

(b)  marked on a thing attached to the motor vehicle, vessel or part, or

(c)  stored in electronic form in a part of the motor vehicle or vessel.

(3)  In proceedings for an offence against this section, if it is necessary to allege a person knowingly induced another person to accept information attached to a motor vehicle, vessel or a part of a motor vehicle or vessel as a genuine unique identifier for the motor vehicle, vessel or part, it is not necessary to allege that the accused knowingly induced a particular person to accept the information as a genuine unique identifier.

(4)  In this section, a reference to inducing a person to accept information attached to a motor vehicle, vessel or a part of a motor vehicle or vessel as a genuine unique identifier includes a reference to causing a computer to respond to the information attached to the motor vehicle, vessel or part as if it were a genuine unique identifier.

(5)  In this section:

information includes numbers, letters or symbols.